I'm working with a friend and a laser cutter to design a new kit.

It is a high wing sport plane similar to a Roadrunner . We're designing it to fly on the popular 20cc---26cc gasoline engines on the market today. It will have a generous wing area and we're shooting for about 7--10 pounds. It will have foam core wings and simple built up tail surfaces and fuse using traditional techniques. These kits will not come with any hardware because we feel that most kit builders like to purchase their own hardware to suit their individual tastes. If we did provide hardware in the kits, it would have to be very high quality, or it's not worth it. Leaving the hardware up to the builder keeps the kit cost down. The kits would come with aluminum landing gear.

We're planning to have about 10 or 12 of them cut for "prototypes" I'll build one and of course, my buddy will build one. We'll both be using 26cc engines. We need several guys to build them and do full reviews so that we can decide if there is enough interest to justify having about 100 made. We would supply the kits free of charge to experienced builder/members of RCU who have a track record of being good builders and giving honest reviews--pros and cons. We could possibly be talked into providing "loaner" engines to these builders if they don't already have a gas engine in this size.



Any interested builders should contact me via PM or email. ETA on the prototype kits is going to be sometime late spring or early summer of 2007.